American and English Literature
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Internet Sites
- Bartleby.com: Great Books Online - Full text source of literature and reference books
- Internet Public Library > Literary Criticism
- Literary Resources on the Net
- Online Books Page - Full text of thousands of literary works
- PAL: Perspectives in American Literature: a Reference and Research Guide
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- Gale Contemporary Literary Criticism(Gale) A collection of full-text biographical and critical essays on contemporary authors as well as literary figures from all eras and genres. Includes listings of principle works and sources for further study.
- JSTOR - The Scholarly Journal Archive Digital archive of full-text scholarly journals. Does not include full-text of current issues (most titles withhold full-text for five years or more).
- Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac) 1980s - present. Articles are either full-text or citations/abstracts. Wide variety of subjects including social sciences, humanities, education, science, and technology.
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Print Sources
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To find print (and some non-print) materials in OCC Libraries, search
the Library Catalog. Some sample Library of Congress Subject
Headings searches are:
- American literature -- 19th century -- history and criticism
- American poetry -- 20th century
- beat generation
- English literature
- Shakespeare, William (for books about Shakespeare)
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short stories
- Selected Reference Books
- Ramirez, Luz Elena.
Encyclopedia of Hispanic American Literature. New
York: Facts On File, 2008.
AH Reference PS 153 .H56 R36 2008 - Andrews, WIlliam L. , Frances Smith Foster, Trudier Harris,
eds.
The Oxford Companion to African American Literature.
New York : Oxford University Pr., 1997.
AH, OR, RO Reference PS 153 .N5 O96 1997 - Davidson, Cathy N., Linda Wagner-Martin, eds.
The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States.
New York: Oxford University Pr., 1994.
HL, OR, RO Reference PS 147 .O94 1994 - Hart, James D.
The Oxford Companion to American Literature.
New
York: Oxford University Pr., 1995.
AH, HL, OR, RO Reference PS 21 .H3 - Magill, Frank N.
Critical Survey of Poetry.
Pasadena, CA: Salem
Pr., 2003.
AH, HL Reference PN 1021 .C7 2003 - Murphy, Bruce, ed.
Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia.
New York: HarperCollins. Includes literary definitions.
AH, HL, OR, RO Reference PN 41 .B4 -
Short Story Criticism. Detroit, MI: Gale Research,
1988- .
AH, HL, OR, RO Reference PN 3321 .S5 - Ward, A.W., and A.R. Waller, eds.
The Cambridge History of English Literature.
Cambridge:
University Pr., 1963-66.
AH, HL, OR, RO Reference PN 1021 .C7 2003
- Ramirez, Luz Elena.
Encyclopedia of Hispanic American Literature. New
York: Facts On File, 2008.
- Browsing Call Numbers (in Library of Congress Classification)
- PA 3131 Greek Drama
- PN 6014 Literature -- Collections
- PR 19 English Literature -- Dictionaries
- PR 61+ English Literature -- History and Criticism
- PR 1173+ English Poetry -- Collections
- PS 21 American Literature -- Dictionaries
- PS 58+ American Literature -- History and Criticism
- PS 583+ American Poetry -- Collections
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